Higher Education - In this paper, we investigate leadership related to the instruction of lower division undergraduate courses at five university mathematics departments with strong calculus... 相似文献
For more than 20 years, the New Zealand early childhood (EC) sector has had guidance about how to deal with situations of ethical difficulty in daily practice through the ECE Code of Ethics. This paper reports on three surveys undertaken at 10-year intervals that sought to understand EC educators’ experiences of such situations, and how they addressed them within their EC settings. An analysis of educators’ stories of ethically troubling situations from the three data-sets traced shifts and similarities in the content reported, and in how educators responded to these challenges over the two-decade period. We situate this analysis alongside changes in the New Zealand ECE policy context during the same time frame. We argue that a connection exists between the reported situations and teachers’ responses to them, and changes within the policy and professional context of daily EC practice. 相似文献
In this paper we describe an ontological and semiotic model for mathematical knowledge, using elementary combinatorics as
an example. We then apply this model to analyze the solving process of some combinatorial problems by students with high mathematical
training, and show its utility in providing a semiotic explanation for the difficulty of combinatorial reasoning. We finally
analyze the implications of the theoretical model and type of analysis presented for mathematics education research and practice. 相似文献
AbstractThe Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong is a 79 days political protest and occupy campaigns in major areas in the city. This chronology lists the key events prior to and during the movement. 相似文献
Research consistently shows that teaching behaviour is a highly-important indicator of learning environments. Based on a teacher effectiveness model with six observable teaching behaviour domains (safe learning climate, efficient classroom management, clarity of instruction, activating teaching, teaching–learning strategies, and differentiation), the present paper examines the psychometric quality of the My Teacher questionnaire for capturing student perceptions of teaching behaviour in the Spanish secondary-education context. Additionally, this study validated the model of teaching behaviour and student engagement and its relevance in Spain. 7114 students of 410 teachers attending 56 public and private Spanish schools constituted the sample. The six teaching behavioural dimensions model were confirmed in the Spanish context. Regarding student academic engagement, the presence of two domains (behavioural and emotional engagement) were confirmed. Furthermore, results of a multiple-group structural equation modeling path analysis, examining the relationship between teaching behaviour and student engagement across different teaching experiences, revealed differential effects of teaching behaviour influences on students’ engagement. The percentage of explained variance was larger for emotional engagement than for behavioural engagement. Furthermore, teachers’ teaching experience explained differences in the relationship between perceived teaching behaviour and engagement. Two domains (learning climate and activating teaching) appeared to be the two most-important teaching domains for students’ behavioural engagement while, for emotional engagement, the most important domains for student engagement were learning climate and teaching learning strategies.
This paper examines women's voice and silence in the academy. It begins with a discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of feminine voice and silence, and then analyses the gendered production of girls'/women's voices throughout their schooling careers from the primary to university classroom. This is followed by a discussion of the contradictory politics of voice when differences clash among women (students) of colour. I argue here that ‘granting’ spaces for women's speech may be pedagogically desirable but has potentially silencing effects. In closing, I consider some pedagogical strategies that can potentially enable women to better partake in the management of their own academic, social, and political interests. 相似文献
This research explores the problems that women professors encounter when combining the pursuit of tenure with having and raising children. In‐depth interviews were conducted with 19 women academics at one Canadian university. These women believe that engaging in childbearing/childrearing practices prior to obtaining tenure is detrimental to their career progression. 相似文献
This study examines the global trend in shifting university costs from national governments to individual students and families,
with a specific focus on the existing cost-sharing model in Australian higher education. The research examines the manner
in which the availability of income-contingent loans (through the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, or HECS) enters into
individual cost assessments and evaluative frameworks during the university exploration and search process of low-income Australian
youth, and the resulting lessons that might be applied to other national contexts. Semi-structured interviews with 16 participants
addressed a broad range of issues related to the development of educational aspirations, and how beliefs and attitudes about
cost influenced participants’ understanding and decision-making regarding tertiary enrollment and post-graduate plans. A number
of discreet and related themes emerged from analysis of the interviews, including motivations for attending university; pre-university
cost considerations; self-assessments of skills, abilities, and personal traits and characteristics; general financial orientation;
pre-university experiences and influences; and the role of others including family, peers, teachers and other school staff.
The author concludes that the Australian system is worthy of consideration by other nations as a possible mechanism for enhancing
access to higher education for individuals who might otherwise not possess the opportunity to participate. 相似文献